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SPOT FORECAST for Blue Stem...Sand Hills VFD
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
1054 AM CDT Sat May 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 CDT on May 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact us via NWS Chat, 800mhz radio or phone if you have
questions or concerns with this forecast,

.DISCUSSION...

There will be a chance for showers and storms into the afternoon
with these chances diminishing into tonight. Strong to severe
storms are not expected with this activity. Light northeasterly
winds will gradually transition to light easterly winds this
afternoon. Skies will remain mostly cloudy into tonight with skies
clearing into the day on Sunday. Light winds will shift to
southeasterly on Sunday morning and increase to 10 mph on Sunday
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the morning,
                    then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent increasing to 30 percent early in
                    the afternoon, then decreasing to 20 percent
                    early in the afternoon increasing to 30 percent
                    late in the afternoon decreasing to 20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southeast around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east 6 to
                    8 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78  83  89  81  85  81  74
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............20  30  30  20  30  20  20
Temp............70  70  70  71  72  72  72
RH..............69  70  71  71  68  67  64
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   4   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.1
Mixing wind dir.N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E
Mixing wind spd.7   6   6   7   8   6   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 7 to 10 mph shifting to the south 7 to 8
                    mph overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........65  64  46  28  12  13  31  37  28  29  33  30
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
CWR.............20  10  10  10  10  0   0   10  10  10  0   0
Temp............72  73  72  68  66  65  63  62  62  60  60  59
RH..............64  63  68  76  81  84  86  87  88  93  94  96
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  S
20 FT wind spd..5   6   4   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   10  7   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mixing wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Mixing wind spd.10  9   7   7   7   9   7   7   8   7   7   8

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 5 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  61  53  50  34  24  20  8   4   5   14  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  59  61  63  68  70  72  73  74  75  76  76
RH..............100 97  97  93  83  79  74  70  69  66  64  62
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.4   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   8   10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.7 4.4 4.7 4.3
Mixing wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Mixing wind spd.6   6   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   10  12

$$
Forecaster...Christo
Requested by...K Hallmark
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/23/26
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.EMAIL kb4.hallmark@sandhillsvfd.org